Shipboard Life Under Combat
Robert Scigliano
- Brotherhood
- &
- Battle–Stories
- of
- Courage
- and
- Survival
- Aboard
- a
- Destroyer
In
- this
- compelling
- and
- vivid
- account,
- Robert
- Scigliano
- takes
- readers
- aboard
- the
- USS
- Harry
- E.
- Hubbard
- during
- one
- of
- the
- most
- pivotal
- and
- perilous
- moments
- of
- World
- War
- II—the
- Battle
- of
- Okinawa.
- Drawing
- from
- his
- own
- experiences
- and
- the
- recollections
- of
- his
- shipmates,
- Scigliano
- paints
- a
- richly
- detailed
- portrait
- of
- life
- on
- a
- destroyer
- under
- combat
- conditions.Scigliano
- examines
- the
- harrowing
- reality
- of
- warfare
- at
- sea.
- He
- delves
- into
- the
- perspectives
- of
- those
- who
- faced
- kamikaze
- attacks,
- engaged
- with
- an
- unrelenting
- enemy,
- and
- grappled
- with
- the
- moral
- and
- emotional
- implications
- of
- war—culminating
- in
- their
- response
- to
- the
- atomic
- bomb
- and
- the
- dawn
- of
- the
- Cold
- War.Shipboard
- Life
- Under
- Combat
- offers
- an
- unfiltered
- glimpse
- into
- the
- courage,
- camaraderie,
- and
- coming-of-age
- of
- the
- young
- men
- who
- served
- aboard
- the
- Hubbard.
- Beyond
- combat,
- the
- book
- reflects
- on
- life
- in
- peacetime,
- capturing
- the
- profound
- transformation
- of
- a
- generation
- shaped
- by
- war.Meticulously
- researched
- and
- deeply
- personal,
- this
- posthumous
- work
- by
- Robert
- Scigliano—completed
- and
- published
- by
- his
- sons,
- Eric
- and
- Brian
- Scigliano—is
- a
- must-read
- for
- anyone
- seeking
- to
- understand
- the
- human
- side
- of
- history's
- most
- monumental conflicts.
